Struggling with work life balance

[GuybrushThreepwoodMP]

I work 20 hours across 3 days in a creative role. I'm a graphic designer and film editor although I'm employed rather than freelance. I have a 2 year old and I started this job over a year ago when dd was about 10 months.

I'm struggling to give enough to both work and home life. Because my work is creative, it occupies a lot of headspace a lot of the time and I feel I am neglecting my home life if I'm distracted by it all the time. But I really feel like I don't have enough time to fit all my work in either and at work am thinking of dd a lot. So I'm not giving enough time to either
I don't know what I'm asking. I think the problem is switching off from work when I'm at home and vice versa. At the moment I feel like I'm never fully focused on whatever I'm doing; either at home or at work. It's making me disorganised and forgetful too which is stressing me out.

Any advice on compartmentalising my life a bit better?

I have a notebook which I use to record pretty much everything - to do list, shopping lists, ideas, thoughts etc. I can write down things I don't want to deal with then and there.

I use my commute to work to review it. I use my lunch break to deal with my personal admin.

I'm in a very similar situation, have a creative job and a 15month old, and I have become so forgetful, I used to be so organised! Sometimes it stresses me out, sometimes I think sod it, I'm a working mum sometimes things are going to slip through the net!
I work 4 days, and basically work the extra day for free as I'm doing work and emails during my DS lunchtime nap, which is when I feel I should actually be relaxing/showering/having a hot drink/wee. But it helps when I go to work the next day if a chunk of the emails are reduced.

I think until they are older these first few years are going to be stressful, as there is so much to think about. But I'm hoping it will get better, I talk to other ladies at work whose children are 4/5/6 etc and they says it's easier because they can dress themselves, they don't have milk in the morning, they eat at breakfast club etc. having a 2 year old is still so little so your having to do everything for her still. No advice really other than I feel your pain xxxx

I read a book recently called The One Thing, that really helped me focus. The basic principle is that even though there are thousands of things that need to be, everything is not equally important. It might be worth checking out.